Resources about Slavery |
Illustration of Ship's Hold, Middle Passage, from Africans in America, Public Broadcasting System
- Africans in America, a documentary from Public Broadcasting System, includes a wide range of text and graphic resources, including historical documents and drawings
- Resources on slavery by Professor Brycchan Carey of Kingston University, United Kingdom, include poems about slavery, essays on abolition and emancipation, and links to other sites
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| Olaudah Equiano |
Equiano's Interesting Narrative from Africans in America, Public Broadcasting System
- Olaudah Equiano: Africans in America, Public Broadcasting System, includes biographical information, the text of the narrative, and scholarship as well as an image of the iron muzzle described by Equiano:
I had seen a black woman slave as I came through the house, who was
cooking the dinner, and the poor creature was cruelly loaded with
various kinds of iron machines; she had one particularly on her head,
which locked her mouth so fast that she could scarcely speak, and could
not eat or drink. I [was] much astonished and shocked at this
contrivance, which I afterwards learned was called the iron muzzle."
- Olaudah Equiano: Perspectives in American Literature includes an extensive bibliography of scholarship
- Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African by Brycchan Carey of Kingston University
- "Unraveling the Narrative": article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (9 Sept. 2005, 52.3: A11) reports on scholarship that questions Equiano's account of his birthplace and Middle Passage crossing
- Equiano Foundation: Website from 1997 has not been updated but does include a few portraits of Equiano
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Harriet Jacobs |
Portrait of Harriet Jacobs from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Website by Julie R. Adams
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: text, cover, introductory article, and images of Jacobs plus images of slavery; Website by Julie R. Adams for the American Crossroads Project (select Site Index)
- Harriet Jacobs: Africans in America, Public Broadcasting System, includes biographical information, the text of the narrative, related documents, scholarship, and an image of her runaway notice
- Harriet Jacobs: Perspectives in American Literature includes an extensive bibliography of scholarship
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